Google has a number of different products and services that have allowed it to become one of the foremost tech companies on the surface of the planet. Its search engine may very well be the single most ubiquitous product that the company has to offer, but in spite of the fact that this is the case its web browser, Google Chrome, offers a multitude of features as well.
These features have allowed Google Chrome to become the premier web browser for people who want to surf the internet, and it had a variety of tools that users could take advantage of. With all of that having been said and now out of the way, it is important to note that one of the most useful tools that you could use with Google Chrome is now going to get removed.
The tool in question is the Chrome Cleanup Tool, which made it easier for users to get rid of unwanted software than might have been the case otherwise. Its inclusion in Chrome for Windows was a useful step because of the fact that this is the sort of thing that could potentially end up allowing users to remove software that they might not want on their operating systems.
However, it turns out that this tool has been getting used less and less frequently over the years. Unwanted software is on the decline, and just 0.06% of searches made using this tool ended up uncovering programs that users were getting annoyed by. This reveals that the tool may no longer be all that useful with all things having been considered and taken into account.
The removal of this tool represents the end of an era. It would be fair to say that tools like these have contributed to the lower proportion of bloatware on most devices, and it has therefore been quite successful in its goals. Users may miss having the tool around, but they can take solace in the fact that unwanted software has become far less of an issue these days than it was in the years prior.
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These features have allowed Google Chrome to become the premier web browser for people who want to surf the internet, and it had a variety of tools that users could take advantage of. With all of that having been said and now out of the way, it is important to note that one of the most useful tools that you could use with Google Chrome is now going to get removed.
The tool in question is the Chrome Cleanup Tool, which made it easier for users to get rid of unwanted software than might have been the case otherwise. Its inclusion in Chrome for Windows was a useful step because of the fact that this is the sort of thing that could potentially end up allowing users to remove software that they might not want on their operating systems.
However, it turns out that this tool has been getting used less and less frequently over the years. Unwanted software is on the decline, and just 0.06% of searches made using this tool ended up uncovering programs that users were getting annoyed by. This reveals that the tool may no longer be all that useful with all things having been considered and taken into account.
The removal of this tool represents the end of an era. It would be fair to say that tools like these have contributed to the lower proportion of bloatware on most devices, and it has therefore been quite successful in its goals. Users may miss having the tool around, but they can take solace in the fact that unwanted software has become far less of an issue these days than it was in the years prior.
Read next: Google One Vows To Offer VPN Services And Dark Web Monitoring To Subscribers For Free